Oil Removal....

[Bindlestiff]

I was talking to Dave Trevallion, a well know stocker, and he showed me pictures of a process where he put the head of a stock in a crock pot filled with a substance (can't remember what he said it was, some kind of "earth") that acted like Kitty Litter to suck the oil out.

Someone else had a thread on this forum talking about how this was done too. You might search for it. I know that as a result of that thread an FAQ was added to our faq web page that documented the recommended process described in that thread.

I suggest you look for the old forum thread, it had quite the discussion on the pro and con of several processes.

[Roundsworth]

Thank you!

[Larry Barnhart]

Originally Posted by Robin Lewis

I was talking to Dave Trevallion, a well know stocker, and he showed me pictures of a process where he put the head of a stock in a crock pot filled with a substance (can't remember what he said it was, some kind of "earth") that acted like Kitty Litter to suck the oil out.

Someone else had a thread on this forum talking about how this was done too. You might search for it. I know that as a result of that thread an FAQ was added to our faq web page that documented the recommended process described in that thread.

I suggest you look for the old forum thread, it had quite the discussion on the pro and con of several processes.

diatomaceous earth is what you are referring to,It has many uses , I use it when restoring antiques such as old pie safes or cupboards that were used to store oil cans and such , resulting in ugly round oil stains, I put diatomaceous earth in a jar and pour in some acetone to make a paste, the acetone pulls out the oil and the diatomaceous earth holds the oil , leave it on till it drys, wipe off and and repeat till no more oil will pull out of the wood.

[Pa SxS]

Used to use that stuff in my pool filter before I decided to fill in the pool and plant grass

You can buy it at any pool supply store.

[Roundsworth]

Last night I tried the 'quart jar with acetone' process as outlined by Brad Bachelder. I am amazed at how much oil came out of the wood. The inletted areas are no longer black and punky. There is an area adjacent to the top tang that is still yielding oil, with some help from a hair dryer.